Hmmm.... So I'm guessing the Trapper's Tunnels is the end of the game for now?, because I can't find a way out and it's too damn dark in there ! - am still looking for damn light switch !!
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Jokes aside, what I find more "meh!" about this game is; it's too dark dark in all the most important areas, thus how am I suppose to enjoy this creative game if most of it is shrouded in pitch-black darkness ?? Does the Dev think that it's too horrible to see?, thus he gets us (the players) to trip up, trip down, trip over, and trip around the good, the bad, and the ugly?? LOL.
Well, if the Trapper's Tunnels isn't the end of the game, then I'm saying it is 'cause I've had just about enough of wandering around aimlessly in the darkness.
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To date: This is the darkest 3D game I've ever played. The 0-1 brightness option doesn't work, and turning up the brightness on my pc 100% doesn't improve anything.
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My thoughts about the most mentioned complaints I've read in the thread and in the reviews (in no particular order, although no.1 is about my gripe (to get that out of the way first))...
1) Yes, the pitch-black darkness = Dev needs to "flick a switch" turn up the brightness / add lighting. I can't see (no pun intended) this game having a long lasting appeal if it's
TOO DAMN DARK !!!!!
2) "Her walking / running speeds are too slow" = (to run: press'n'hold W, tap L-shift). Yes they are slow.. running feels like Pamela Anderson in Baywatch on a hot summers day = slow-mo and sluggish. But, meh! I found that to be easily looked because of (3) next.
3) "Maps are huge". = Actually, No, I didn't find them to me huge, unless I've yet to see this "huge map" after Trapper's Tunnels location, otherwise I found them to be quite small. Maps in Wild Life, Bonfire, Feign game are HUGE then in comparison.
4) "Vast distances between locations". = No, there isn't. I'm guessing; the game was a lot more empty in its early days, or those people are just overexaggerating. In real life I live in the country, and vast distances would vast at least 50km --- in game terms, you don't even travel half a km to reach another target.
5) "There's no direction where to go to next". = Not once did I get lost.. I was prompt to every next location.. I just followed the path that is lined with lit torches.
6) "NPC's too ugly". = Well, you knew or should've known that before downloading it.. at least look at screenshots either here at post #1 or google image searched them. If you want to play normal and real life looking people, go play some other 3D game - the intention for this game is perfectly clear.
7) "Dialog moves to slow and too fast". = Yes, it's annoying that it can't be skipped through previously seen hoards of words due to the game having automatic save points in various locations upon entry of the location. But for me I hated that I can't read as fast as it expects me to, and can't be paused. I've gotten used to being a slow reader and use it to my advantage when I immerge myself in a good game - but game won't let you - it gives you the feeling like you should play this dark game during the (real life) day because you have thing to do today so let's rush you through this game !
8) "The lag" / "Sluggish framerate". = Only high-end / expensive computers can run this smoothly. Most people have average priced pc's.. Me! I'm one of them - I tuned down the optimism as much as game allowed me to and made the game worse, not better, Low Quality + 75fps seemed the best. Old pc users probably have no hope. Game needs a button that turns off the swaying of the trees and grass. I've said a thousand times about When are Dev's going to learn that adding unnecessary swaying vegetation is what kills a game's performance. Yes it looks great and realistic an all, but 99.999% of the time is not needed.
9) "The wording of the dialogs". Yeah, not the best, and not Dev's native tongue obviously, and possibly translated through Facebook rather than Google .lol.
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Overall: Even despite the darkness and dialogs, I give this game 3.5 rubber chickens out of 5. Although, strangely as I'm compelled to give 3.5/5, the replay value is a flat (0) zero, unless you're eager to continue with every update. For me, I think if I can't open a cheats console to do sandbox things to it, then I'm deleting the file where it stands (at v0.41).. I may look at it again in a year's time to see if there's any improvement on various repeated mentionables.
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+ Horror not scary at all / nothing like the 'Horror' we typically know it as. <--- Says a lot from a very jumpy person)
+ Originality.
+ 3D game.
+ Sound FX, Ambience, and Music to set the mood just right.
+ Attention to detail.
+ Plus loads more.